30 March 2025
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N70,000 New Minimum Wage Applies To Domestic Workers — Akpabio

Wendy R.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced that the newly approved minimum wage applies to all workers across both public and private sectors, including maids and other domestic staff. Akpabio stated this during the plenary session on Tuesday. The bill was speedily passed by both chambers of the National Assembly just after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking during the plenary, the Senate President said, “If you are a tailor and you employ additional hands, you cannot pay them below N70,000. If you are a mother with a newborn child and you want to hire a housemaid to look…

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Political, Religious, Opinion Leaders: Prevail On Your Subjects To Avoid Proposed Nationwide Protests – CSOs

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Political, Religious, Opinion Leaders, Prevail On Your Subjects To Avoid Proposed Nationwide Protests – CSOs A Coalition of Civil Society Groups has appealed to all well meaning Nigerians to discountenance the protest and avoid participating in such unpatriotic protests. The Leader of the Groups, Comrade Solomon Adodo made the call while addressing newsmen in Abuja. “It has come to our attention that certain people with ulterior interests, driven by bitterness and personal agendas, are attempting to exploit our nation’s challenges to incite unrest through protests and strikes. While we respect the fact that the right to peaceful protest is a…

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FG To Spend N3tn On New Minimum Wage, Pensions, Gratuities

Wendy R.

The Federal Government is set to spend N3tn on the new minimum wage and the payment of pensions and gratuities. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this on Friday during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Appropriations, chaired by Olamilekan Adeola. The minister presented the general principles of the newly amended 2024 budget to the committee at the meeting. Recall that President Bola Tinubu had, after a meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Thursday, approved a new minimum wage of N70,000 for Nigerian workers. The president…

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President Bola Tinubu Approves N70,000 Minimum Wage

Wendy R.

President Bola Tinubu has approved a new minimum wage of N70,000 for Nigerian workers and pledged to review the national minimum wage law every three years. This is coming after the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress met with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on X, confirmed the development. “President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers with promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years. “President Tinubu also…

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Minimum Wage: President Bola Tinubu Meet With Labour Today

Wendy R.

President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to meet with the leadership of the organised labour today to try to finalise the lingering matters around the National Minimum Wage. He personally met with them last week after the tripartite committee he set up to negotiate with the Labour failed to convince them to accept the offer made by the government. While the government is proposing 62 thousand Naira as the National Minimum Wage, the labour is stuck on 250 thousand Naira. President Tinubu has repeatedly said the organised labour’s proposal was not realistic, giving the country’s current economic situation, but citing the…

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N40bn Pension: Ogun Workers Threatens Strike

Wendy R.

The organised labour unions in Ogun State on Tuesday threatened industrial action over the failure of the government to remit over N40bn contributory pensions deducted from the workers’ salaries in the last 15 years. The unions which include the Trade Union Congress, Nigeria Labour Congress and Joint Negotiation Council disclosed this in a letter written to Governor Dapo Abiodun. The letter, a copy of which was sent to our correspondent, was signed by the Chairman TUC, Comrade Akeem Lasisi, his NLC counterpart, Hammed Benco-Ademola and JNC Chairman, Isa Olude. The labour unions said that despite setting up a committee on…

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LG Autonomy: NLC Hails Supreme Court Judgment

Wendy R.

The Nigeria Labour Congress has welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgment affirming fiscal autonomy for local government councils across the country. In a statement on Thursday, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said the apex court’s ruling is a restoration of hope in the country’s democracy and judiciary. Ajaero asserted that the apex court’s verdict is “both courageous and salubrious” and recalled the “tortuous” journey to the local governments’ freedom. He said, “It’s an epochal pronouncement on Thursday, July 11, 2024, directing that financial allocations be made directly to Local Governments as well as divesting state governments of the power to remove…

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Kano State NUJ Correspondent Chapel Lifts Ban On Government Coverage

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The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kano State Chapter, has lifted its ban on covering Kano State Government activities, with immediate effect.   In a statement, Chairman Alhaji Aminu Ahmed Garko explained that the 14-day-old boycott was initiated to protest the government’s handling of issues affecting journalists and the profession.   The chapel realized that the boycott had unintended consequences, limiting their ability to inform the public and hold those in power accountable.   The NUJ Correspondent Chapel aim to resume reporting on government activities, ensuring the public is well-informed, while continuing to hold the government…

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Minimum Wage: Labour Rules Out Strike On Tuesday

Wendy R.

The Nigeria Labour Congress has ruled out strike action scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, to demand a new national minimum wage. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made this known on Monday during the ongoing International Labour Conference taking place in Geneva, Switzerland. According to the Guardian, Ajaero said organised labour cannot embark on strike tomorrow because the figures presented by the Tritiparte committee on minimum wage are with President Bola Tinubu. He clarified that the submission of N62,000 as proposed by the government and the organized employers’ body with labour proposing N250,000 does not translate to labour accepting N62,000 as the…

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Minimum Wage: Strike May End Today As Nigerian Govt, Labour Unions Reach Agreement

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There are indications that the organized Labour may end its strike over the new minimum wage as it reached an agreement with the Federal Government on Monday. After a six-hour meeting in Abuja, the Federal Government expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to raising the N60,000 offered as the minimum wage. The meeting, held in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, on Monday evening aimed to resolve the impasse and bring an end to the industrial action that had paralysed various sectors across the country. After extensive deliberations, several key resolutions were reached. The…

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